# SDMB top 100 all-time fave pop/rock songs **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2001, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508 "2001-04-27T07:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/21 "2001-04-29T00:51:43Z")
I want it noted for the record that I shall abstain from participating until the OP changes the number of picks from 10 to 100. The header was pure trickery and should be reported to the proper authorities. P.S.: I agree with **imthjckaz** : Cool picks **Zoggie**! You said: > [@](#): > > Anyway…I wish I’d put “The End” on I agree. ‘The End’ is one of the most under-appreciated - if a tad on the short side - Beatles’ songs;) (and, some would say, the most fitting…) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/22 "2001-04-29T01:26:35Z")
Wait, omni…Beatles songs? I’m talking about The Doors’ song, “The End”…not exactly on the short side… Anyway thanks, I pride myself on having non-cutesy pop teenybopper esque music taste. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/23 "2001-04-29T02:22:25Z")
…my previuos post, and yes, the recount does say, Doors, by a landslide. I had to do a double check because sometimes my brain and my fingers are not working together, you know what I mean, I’m thinking MaryAnn, but my fingers write Ginger, kind of goofy, eh. Shortside? The End goes 10+ minutes. **Zoggie** , your last two songs are good songs, but just not my cup o tea. Some people ying while others yang, thats what makes the world go around. And I don’t have a cutesy pop teenybopper music taste either. Too much sugar. Cool.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/24 "2001-04-29T03:06:25Z")
OK, probably not a chance in hell any of these are gonna make the finals, but here goes: 1. **Husker Du** - Celebrated Summer 2. **The Replacements** - Unsatisfied 3. **The Beatles** - In My Life 4. **Otis Redding** - Try A Little Tenderness 5. **The Clash** - White Man In Hammersmith Palais 6. **The Divine Comedy** - The Pop Singer’s Fear of the Pollen Count 7. **The Pogues** - The Old Main Drag 8. **R.E.M.** - Sitting Still 9. **Etta James** - At Last 10. **The Monkees** - Goin’ Down I’ll throw in honorable mention to “Senses Working Overtime” by **XTC** , which has already been mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/25 "2001-04-29T03:08:56Z")
I’ll also give my blessing to “September Gurls” by **Big Star** which has been mentioned a couple times. No, this is not cheating. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Armageddon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mister\_Armageddon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Armageddon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/26 "2001-04-29T04:23:58Z")
Out of curiosity, Dragon, what’s the deadline on this? You might want to mention that before you start the count. Oh, right, the list. Here goes… 1. All Along The Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix 2. Big Empty-Stone Temple Pilots 3. Evenflow-Pearl Jam 4. Welcome To The Jungle-Guns N Roses 5. Fortunate Son-Creedence Clearwater Revival 6. Runnin’ With The Devil-Van Halen 7. Man In The Box-Alice In Chains 8. Sanitarium-Metallica 9. Hey Jude-The Beatles 10. Epic-Faith No More ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/27 "2001-04-29T04:35:33Z")
**Imthjckaz** - Well that’s good then…still feel bad about not putting Pink Floyd on…SIGH. And there’s a really good Billy Idol song on the radio now…plus I sort of forgot Janis Joplin…it’s just I had to prioritize…basically meant putting on the songs I had actually listened to quite recently or just really knew I loved. Ten’s not enough, damnit! Oh yes, another vote for Welcome to the Jungle. ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/28 "2001-04-29T05:31:53Z")
1. Helter Skelter - The Beatles (the Siouxsie and the Banshees cover of this song is amazing!) 2. Bodies - The Sex Pistols 3. Rock Lobster - The B-52s. 4. Stealing People’s Mail - The Dead Kennedy’s 5. We’ve Got the Beat - The Go-Gos 6. Blister in the Sun - The Violent Femmes 7. Let’s Go Crazy (movie intro version) - Prince and the Revolution 8. Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones 9. She Bop - Cyndi Lauper 10. Jig of Life - Kate Bush (and if you’ve actually heard of Kate, I’d love to meet you!) Shaking My Booty, Patty ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/29 "2001-04-29T05:44:53Z")
I’ve just read other people’s lists and am especially interested in those that include XTC, Husker Du and The Goddess Herself Kate Bush… Did I mention I have my own college radio show called “The Spandex Years?” Look here ( [http://www.geocities.com/spandex\_years](http://www.geocities.com/spandex_years) ) for more info. Did I mention I’m doing a Husker Du special Wednesday, May 2nd that you can listen to over the net by going to [http://radio.cwru.edu](http://radio.cwru.edu) and checking out the archive? Did I mention I’ve done specials (which I’ve airchecked) of XTC, Kate Bush, Mojo Nixon and others? If any of this sounds interesting to any of you, drop me a line at [p\_marvel@yahoo.com](mailto:p_marvel@yahoo.com) . Patty ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/30 "2001-04-29T10:07:24Z")
Deadline is end May or when this thread drops to page four, whichever is earlier… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/31 "2001-04-29T13:53:33Z")
You shoudda paid attention to the wink… I was talking about the second to last song on ‘Abbey Road’. All 2 minutes and three seconds of it, with a 1:32 ‘intro’ (beginning with ‘Oh yeah, alright. Are you going to be in my dreams tonight?’, followed by the solos and concluding with ‘And, in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make’ (0:31)). And ‘fitting’ because, aside from the ‘Her Majesty’ dittie, it could be considered as the last song on the last Beatles album ever recorded. Stay tuned…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Race\_Bannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Race\_Bannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Race_Bannon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/32 "2001-04-29T14:31:34Z")
This doesn’t look like it’s going to compile very well, I see very few songs getting mentioned more than once. Anyway, I’ll kick in with my favorites: 1. More Than a Feeling - Boston 2. Promises in the Dark - Pat Benatar 3. Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac 4. In the Dark - Billy Squier 5. Valarie - Steve Winwood 6. Foreplay / Longtime - Boston 7. Won’t get Fooled Again - The Who 8. Plush - Stone Temple Pilots 9. Smooth - Santanna 10. Dreams - Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![skaffen\_amiskaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@skaffen\_amiskaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaffen_amiskaw)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/33 "2001-04-29T16:45:22Z")
well, it’ll be something like; 1. everlast - what its like 2. cypress hill - dust 3. korn - freak on a leash 4. rage against the machine - killing in the name 5. jimi hendrix - voodoo child (slight return) 6. sunna - power struggle 7. velvet underground - pale blue eyes 8. beastie boys - shes on it 9. the beta band - round the bend 10. (hed)p.e. - the meadow ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/34 "2001-04-29T23:54:12Z")
> [@](#): > > This doesn’t look like it’s going to compile very well, I see very few songs getting mentioned more than once. Yes, let’s see how it develops over the coming weeks (always the optimist). I did expect more votes for established classics like Stairway to Heaven, Bohemian Rhapsody, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/35 "2001-04-30T01:51:42Z")
I never travel far Without a little Big Star. – from “Alex Chilton,” The Replacements ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/36 "2001-04-30T02:23:29Z")
Ten is a gyp. I love music. 1. Empty Spaces/What Shall We do Now? From Pink Floyd, The Wall Live 1981-82. I think if two songs are typically played as a meddly, they should count as one. 2. Kashmir, Led Zepplin. I can’t believe I haven’t seen this one on here yet. 3. Won’t Get Fooled Again, The Who. A true classic 4. Jump, Van Halen 5. You Shook Me All Night Long, AC/DC 6. Spirit of the Radio, Rush 7. Heartbreaker, Led Zepplin. Contains one of the best guitar solos ever. 8. You Can’t Always Get What You Want, The Rolling Stones 9. Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Meat Loaf 10. Freebird, Lynard Skynard I’m a sucker for the old stuff as you can see. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/37 "2001-04-30T03:56:15Z")
Man, it took a long time to come up with this. 1. “Nautical Disaster,” The Tragically Hip 2. “Monty Got a Raw Deal,” R.E.M. 3. “Low,” Cracker 4. “Gimme Shelter,” The Rolling Stones 5. “What Is Love,” Haddaway 6. “Every Breath You Take,” The Police 7. “Boys of Summer,” Don Henley 8. “What I Like About You,” The Romantics 9. “New Orleans is Sinking,” The Tragically Hip 10. “In Your Eyes,” Peter Gabriel ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/38 "2001-04-30T20:09:28Z")
Very difficult, indeed. My list in no particular order: 1. Tie Your Mother Down - Queen 2. Down By The Seaside - Led Zeppelin 3. Heroes - David Bowie 4. Box of Rain - Grateful Dead 5. Its Only Rock and Roll - Rolling Stones 6. Loan Me A Dime - Boz Scaggs 7. A Day In The Life - The Beatles 8. Highway 61 - Bob Dylan 9. What’s Goin’ On? - Marvin Gaye 10. Runaway - Del Shannon ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/39 "2001-04-30T22:30:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Great Zamboni \* > **6. Spirit of the Radio, Rush** No _the_. Just _Spirit of Radio_. You understand it is my moral duty to correct errors like that, right? (Good list, BTW!) ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508/40 "2001-04-30T23:17:21Z")
1. REM “Losing My Religion” 2. The Smiths “Bigmouth Strikes Again” 3. U2 “The Sweetest Thing” 4. Ani DiFranco “Not a Pretty Girl” 5. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” 6. The La’s “There She Goes” 7. Velvet Underground “Venus in Furs” 8. Morphine “Honey White” 9. Chris Isaak “Wicked Game” 10. The Police “Message in a Bottle” These aren’t necessarily all of my personal favorites-I listen to REM’s “Try Not to Breathe” more often than “Losing my Religion,” but I don’t know how many people are familiar with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-top-100-all-time-fave-pop-rock-songs/63508.md?page=3)